Nocturnal Forest

When the night falls,

The Amazon rainforest

Is shrouded in mysteries

And the night creatures

Awaken.

Between hisses, whistles,

Echoes

And buzzings,

There's a storm of battle cries.

Beware! 'Tis in the hunting time
When hungry predators,

With flamboyant eyes,

Take advantage of sleeping preys.

In the silence of the woods

Fireflies shine,

Felines run, snakes slither

And night birds fly.

Within this wild rhapsody,

Some critters hunt wisely

And others

Escape quickly.

Every single organism,

From the smallest to the largest,

Is a thread

Weaving the web of life;

Maintaining the ecological balance. 

Whilst in the great living jungle

The night creatures reign,

A full moon

Pours its silver beams

Over the leaves of the virgin forest.

Out of the earth's womb,
Curupiras, sacis and caiporas,

Dance through the night;

Protecting with teeth and claws

Our fauna and flora.

Ester Maia & Stepheson Emmanuel